He Deafened Me With Science
Before media outlets from the New Yorker to Pitchfork were singing his praises, Chad Matheny was a science teacher. Perhaps that background helps explain his approach to music making as Emperor X. Since 1998, Matheny has been probing the outermost boundaries of the sonic universe, creating mind-bending experimental-pop suites that question the very nature of sound. Or, as the Huffington Post put it in a review of his latest record, Western Teleport, his music is “one of the most creative things I’ve ever heard.” Emperor X teleports into the Monkey House in Winooski on Tuesday, January 6.
